Let us count the way we love the General Assembly. After spending about $20,000 last week during a two-day session aimed at implementing the state budget that began July 1, no date has yet been set to resume their work.
Sure, Gov. Jodi Rell vetoed the majority Democrats’ attempts to raise fees by $50 million, sending them scurrying for their offices in the Legislative Office Building. That was worth $20,000 in taxpayer mirth. But for a caucus team that was so set to take care of business over a couple days last week, they now seem thoroughly unmoored. Isn’t it about time for the Ds to pick up the pieces and finish the eight bills they started on? The good news: every day they’re not in saves taxpayers $10,000 in personnel, printing and associated costs, while taking money out of the mouths of the Senate and House caterers.
There’s a loose rumor that they’ll come back Thursday or Friday, while Rell enjoys her family vacation week. If they meet on Friday and finally pass something, Lt. Gov. Mike Fedele could get used to being the big cheese and he could veto some stuff himself.
